Hertz Australia Launches Mobile Wi-Fi Units

Hertz Australia is now offering its customers portable Wi-Fi units, enabling them to connect to the internet from anywhere in the country for a fraction of the cost of mobile roaming or hotel internet charges.

The pocket-sized 3G units are available for rent from Hertz airport locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Cairns.

The rechargeable Wi-Fi units offer secure high speed internet coverage for up to five hours and a daily data limit of 150 megabytes, enabling business and leisure travellers, both domestic and international, to stay connected throughout their journey in Australia.

For travellers, the mobile Wi-Fi units provide email connections and ongoing contact with the office, customers or family at home, as well as enabling simultaneous connection of up to five devices including laptop computers, smart phones and tablets.

Units come with a USB cable for easy recharging.

“Hertz is renowned internationally as a provider of high quality rental vehicles,” said Chris Rusden, Region Vice President and Managing Director of Hertz Australasia. “Increasingly, we are also becoming a provider of innovative travel solutions, offering a growing range of products and services which help to ensure smooth journeys for our customers. Now, not only do we keep our customers moving. With our mobile Wi-Fi devices, we also keep them connected.”

The launch builds on the success of the company’s mobile Wi-Fi program in New Zealand, the UK, Spain, Italy and the Canary Islands.

Hertz has partnered with technology company IDataRoam International Limited to provide the mobile Wi-Fi service, which is already being used successfully in New Zealand.

Priced at A$12.00 per day, plus GST, the new units can reduce global roaming data charges by up to 90%.

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